Activity levels seemed fairly low this weekend, which was a shame as conditions were good. The only station I worked on Saturday was OE5ODL again, at 08.34UT. Sunday was better with 5 countries worke
Congratulations to Larry, Bob and the others for the interesting observations of European signals over the weekend. From the amateur signals I heard and worked, conditions were much enhanced, coincid
Firstly, many thanks to Markus DF6NM for his fascinating suggestion that the signal variations from stations close to the Alps may be 'speckle patterns' of received strength. This certainly seems a p
Finally able to produce a signal on 73kHz at long last! The system is a lash-up around my normal 136kHz set-up: - Two monster coils wound on B&Q "Fun Tubs" configured as a variometer, in series with
Many thanks to Alan, Jim and Rik for the reports so far on my 73kHz signals, which are much appreciated. I still have some work to do to optimise everything, especially improving the 136kHz receive p
Gave another station his first LF QSO on Saturday:- Look out for GW4HXO on 136kHz. Mike is located near St. Davids in West Wales. He was fairly weak (559) when I worked him, but was only running 10W
Worked GI3PDN crossband on normal speed CW at 19.30UT last night - me on 71.735kHz and Ray on 136.200kHz. My report was 229QSB, but my antenna was blowing about all over the place in the squally rain
Walter et al I would be certainly interested to be part of a group activating an ex-Decca site if there are enough of us to make it worthwhile. Obviously it would need careful planning and co-ordinat
Just had another xband 73/136 with Ray GI3PDN. Absolutely solid this time and we were able to chat with ease. When we had finished I was very pleased to be called by Dick, PA0SE and we also completed
According to a packet message from G4JXL, Rugby is off at present for its annual maintenance period, which is scheduled from last Monday until "1300BST" on 10th April. Whether the transmitters will b
If the weather stays reasonable, I hope to make some 73kHz QRSS transmissions each morning over the coming weekend (8-9/4). Times will be 07.00 - 07.30UT and my frequency will be 71.735kHz. All repor
As Kate has been away, I've been without email for nearly a week. This report is rather out of date in consequence, but might be of interest to give a flavour of what is happening on 73kHz. I spent t
